Chalaka
Chalaka (or Chalakka , Hebrew חלאקה) is the name of a ceremony among Hasidic and Sephardic Jews at Lag baOmer : On this day the sons who are already three years old are brought to Meron (near Safed ), and they are here to The hair was cut for the first time in a ceremony known as “Chalaka” (Yiddish: “Opscheren”, the expression “upsherin” is becoming more and more popular ).
On this day the child's head is covered for the first time with a kippah and a small prayer shawl ( tallit katan ) is put on for the first time .
Individual evidence
literature
- Article PE'OT , in: Jüdisches Lexikon , Berlin 1927, Vol. IV / 1
Web links
- Jewish newspaper, November 25, 2009 ( Memento from July 8, 2007 in the Internet Archive ) - How campfires and hair cutting are related